7/29 Non-PC post- 100 spam on here, 20 spam on my email
7/30 USSS Columbia post- 4 spam on here, 0 spam on my email
7/31 Karma/Skeletons posts- 140 something spam on here, 28 spam on my email
8/1 Beer Keg post- 2 spam on here, 0 spam on my email…
I’m seeing a trend here…. Just sayin…
Yoo Hoo, NSA… WTF???
This one goes out to Ex-Bootneck, and all the other Brits I’ve worked with over the years… We used to do R&R runs from Iceland and other places to Holland and they were known as “Beer Jug” events in tribute…
The underbelly of history. A lot of stories like this buried with the men who fulfilled the missions…
In the lighter moments of WWII, the Spitfire was used in an unorthodox role: bringing beer kegs to the men in Normandy.
During the war, the Heneger and Constable brewery donated free beer to the troops. After D-Day, supplying the invasion troops in Normandy with vital supplies was already a challenge. Obviously, there was no room in the logistics chain for such luxuries as beer or other types of refreshments. Some men, often called ‘sourcers’, were able to get wine or other niceties from the land or rather from the locals. RAF Spitfire pilots came up with an even better idea.
The Spitfire Mk IX was an evolved version of the Spitfire, with pylons under the wings for bombs or tanks. It was discovered that the bomb pylons could also be modified to carry beer kegs. According to pictures that can be found, various sizes of kegs were used. Whether the kegs could be jettisoned in case of emergency is unknown. If the Spitfire flew high enough, the cold air at altitude would even refresh the beer, making it ready for consumption upon arrival.
A variation was a long range fuel tank modified to carry beer instead of fuel. The modification even received the official designation Mod. XXX. Propaganda services were quick to pick up on this, which probably explains the official designation.
A staged shot of the Mod. XXX tank being filled.
As a result, Spitfires equipped with Mod XXX or keg-carrying pylons were often sent back to Great Britain for maintenance or liaison duties. They would then return to Normandy with full beer kegs fitted under the wings.
The Spitfire had very little ground clearance with the larger beer kegs.
Typically, the British Revenue of Ministry and Excise stepped in, notifying the brewery that they were in violation of the law by exporting beer without paying the relevant taxes. It seems that Mod. XXX was terminated then, but various squadrons found different ways to refurbish their stocks, most often done with the unofficial approval of higher echelons.
In his book Dancing in the Skies, Tony Jonsson, the only Icelancer pilot in the RAF, recalled beer runs while he was flying with 65 Squadron. Every week a pilot was sent back to the UK to fill some cleaned-up drop tanks with beer and return to the squadron. Jonsson hated the beer runs as every man on the squadron would be watching you upon arrival. Anyone who made a rough landing and dropped the tanks would be the most hated man on the squadron for an entire week.
I not going to say ‘we’ ever did anything like this, since I’m not sure what the statute of limitations is… 🙂
h/t JP
There is another one that has popped up and is doing the hokey pokey…
A sex tape that Monica Lewinsky recorded for Bill Clinton at the height of their scandalous affair has leaked, during which the former White House intern is heard planning a secret sexual rendezvous with the president and declaring she is “too cute and adorable” to be ignored.
Full article HERE.
And we have this crap from Baghdad Bob Carney on the Hill website…
White House press secretary Jay Carney insisted Wednesday that it was President Obama’s job to focus on the economy and not brewing municipal scandals as he fielded multiple questions about sexually improper behavior by San Diego Mayor Bob Filner and New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner.
Full article HERE.
So lemme get this straight, it’s FINE to comment on Zimmerman, even though he was acquittted, military rape trials, etc. but Weenie Waver and Filner are get a pass and are off limits???
Can we say DOUBLE STANDARD AGAIN???
Just as an OBTW, the defense councils for all those rape trial defendants are loving it; because as Commander in Chief (spit), those statements qualify as command influence, so most of the cases will probably be dismissed/verdicts vacated on appeal… Just lovely…
Exactly the OPPOSITE of what would have happened if he’d kept his damn mouth shut!
I just love stories like this, and find it hilarious when those skeletons keep popping out of the closet and doing the hokey pokey…
It appears the Clintons are pissed at Weenie Waver and his minions!!!
From the NY Post
Bill and Hillary Clinton are angry with efforts by mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner and his campaign to compare his Internet sexcapades — and his wife Huma Abedin’s incredible forgiveness — to the Clintons’ notorious White House saga, The Post has learned.
Full article HERE from the NY Post, and one more from Tina Brown (isn’t she the one that covered for Billy Boy when he was diddling Monica?).
Full article HERE.
And the other ‘funny’ one, is now the San Diego mayor (dem of course), wants the city to pay his legal bills for HIS sexcapades!!!
Of course all this is happening while the Dems are trying their damnest to whitewash Hillary to run in 2016, and putting out a mini-series about her just prior to the election (free political advertising anyone?); of course this is all “above board”, and no one is attempting to impact any elections, why Hillary may not even run…
Yeah, right!
And in the O.M.G. you HAVE to be kidding category, we have this from the Washington Times…
Just two weeks after Janet Napolitano announced her resignation as Secretary of Homeland Security, the Congressional Black Caucus has suggested Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Houston fill her spot.
A letter dated July 25 and signed by Rep. Marcia Fudge, Ohio Democrat and caucus chairwoman, urges President Obama to consider Miss Jackson Lee for the position, calling the Democrat a “voice of reason” that the agency could stand to gain.
Really??? Can anyone imagine this? I sure has hell can’t…
Full article HERE.
I’ve been watching my blog pretty closely the last couple of weeks, and I’ve been averaging about 8-10 spams a day, and maybe ONE a week on my Gmail acct. Well, after putting up that non-PC thoughts post, I got over 100 spams in one day on the blog and 20 on my gmail account…
Can’t help but wonder if there is a tie in… Hello NSA, any answers???
This also happened the last time I put up something that wasn’t really PC… So in that vein, here’s one on the Zimmerman verdict.
Here’s the header on the website-
Please read this first!: This survey focuses specifically on some of the most underreported (or misreported) facts in this case — facts that challenge many of the preconceptions created by the news media’s coverage of this topic. It is not meant to be a balanced or comprehensive list of all the evidence and is not a scientific poll. Although anyone can take the survey, it is designed primarily for those who already believe that George Zimmerman should have been found “guilty” and focuses on facts that may contradict their assumptions — facts most people don’t know because they were ignored or widely misreported by a news media that wanted to tell a particular story.
And HERE is the link. Warning, it’s a time sink if you go read all the links!!!
For those who, like me, followed our space program, HERE is Accident Investigation Board final report link for USSS Columbia.
It’s very detailed and you will spend quite a bit of time drilling down, but I think they did one hellva job with this. Sadly, as with any AIB report, it’s always after the fact; but lessons learned here should and I hope WILL impact any missions/development going forward when/if we ever get an administration that supports the space program with anything other that lip service…
I would leave you with this quote-
Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree
than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect.
~Captain A. G. Lamplugh, London, 1930’s
May all those who perished Rest In Peace.
A friend emailed me this, and it’s truly about Americans coming together to get things done…
Honestly, I can’t think of anything SINCE 9/11 that has actually done much to bring folks on all sides to work together…
Think about it, will ya??? I ‘know’ that spirit has to still exist and we DO have the capability to come together to get things done. We need to re-ignite that spirit and move this country forward.
To ‘rah-rah American’ for the 9/11 Museum???
According to the NYT article, that was the exact sentiment…
Michael Shulan, the museum’s creative director, was among staffers who considered the Tom Franklin photograph too kitschy and “rah-rah America,” according to “Battle for Ground Zero” (St. Martin’s Press) by Elizabeth Greenspan, out next month.
“I really believe that the way America will look best, the way we can really do best, is to not be Americans so vigilantly and so vehemently,” Shulan said.
Read the whole thing HERE…
Howinthehell do people like this get in positions of power to make decisions about how history is remembered???
I’d love for somebody to ‘splain that to me…
The United States ranks 3rd in murders throughout the World.
But if you take out Chicago, Detroit, Washington D.C. and New Orleans, the United States is 4th from the bottom (in the world) for murders. These 4 cities also have the toughest gun control laws in the United States, and are all controlled by Democrats. Rocket Science Anyone????
h/t JP
And there is a big hooraw in DC with all the usual suspects coming in to hold hearings on SYG, why black youths are being ‘targeted’ and ‘profiled’, and what “WE” are supposed to do to stop being racist, ala Zimmerman…
And ABC put up an interview guaranteed to churn up the masses… But THIS article at American Thinker calls them out!
And then there was THIS on Saturday from NBC4 in DC… Hate bias??? What the hell is that???
Police said a man, 28, from Bethesda, Md., was attacked in the 1700 block of Euclid Street, Northwest, in Adams Morgan. The victim said he was approached by three black males who kicked and punched him to the ground.
According the victim, one of the attackers yelled, “This is for Trayvon,” during the assault. The victim suffered lacerations to the face from the attack. Police said the suspects took the man’s wallet and iPhone. The police report lists the incident as robbery force violence, hate bias incident.
Or this one HERE.
Once again, I’d like to know who is paying to fly all these people in; and why there is NO admission that these ‘youth’ are in fact committing crimes including murder on a daily basis (see above)… What about the actions these ‘youth’ do every day that are caught on video, arrested for, etc… Where is the admission that they ARE being profiled because they ARE the ones committing these crimes?
/crickets
Where is the outcry in the black community over the murders in Chicago? In Detroit? In DC???
/crickets
Colin Noir and other blacks who actually speak out about this are called Uncle Toms, and put down in their own communities. The same treatment is received by the blacks in the military, especially those that are successful; friends of mine have told me they were accused of ‘selling out’ to the man and not ‘standing up’ to the racism in the military…
The only one I know who was actually positively received was one who’s dad was a Baptist preacher in the South who had been involved in the civil rights movement. THAT family was proud of their son and all he had accomplished!
Worse, folks like this who could contribute to real resolution (like Dr. Ben Carson from JHU) are NEVER allowed in these meetings… Two weeks ago the NAACP excluded black conservatives because they didn’t fit the ‘agenda’…
Sharpton/Jackson et al make MONEY off racial hatred and division, they don’t want their $$ cut off, so they continue to foment the hatred, blame and continue to stir the pot, along with the usual suspects in congress (CBC and their minions)…
HERE’s an interesting OPED piece in the Washington Times… Not that it will make any difference, but it DOES bring law rather than emotion into the picture…
You want things to change? Then start by cleaning your own damn house… Stop making drug dealers icons in the community, stop letting gangs and gang leaders be the ‘family’ these kids look up to, stop sweeping the violence under the rug…
For me, “I” will do my best to stay out of the parts of town/or cities as a whole that could put me in jeopardy, but I’m NOT willing to give up my right to defend myself… Just sayin…
Other thoughts…
It appears the military in the Pentagon has been told to make the military contractors that support operations to ‘feel the pain’, and are rewriting contracts to require contractors to also be furloughed one day a week for the remainder of the year… And warnings have gone out at least unofficially that furloughs will most probably continue into FY-14.
Why can’t we make the executive branch and congress play by these same rules??? If THEY were sequestered/furloughed I’m betting this crap would be sorted out quickly!!!
And the desecration of the Lincoln Memorial, and THIS Veterans Memorial just set my teeth on edge… It’s obvious these punks have NO respect for the US, so I’d be all for revoking their citizenship’s and throwing their asses out of the country… Let them go try that crap somewhere else and see what happens!!!
On the religious front, if you’re a Christian, you’re under siege… ANY comments about Islam are immediately countered, you are pilloried in the PC press and now folks are trying to force even more ‘freedoms’ for muslims in the US and other countries…
AJ sent me this one, and seeing what is going on in England and France it truly brings home the fact that muslims have NOT changed…
Any idea who said this???
“How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries, improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live.
A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement, the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.
Individual Muslims may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome …”
Sir Winston Churchill; (Source: The River War, first edition, Vol II, pages 248-250 London).
Churchill saw it coming… In 1899!!!
And the Ft Hood shooter has released a statement basically admitting he was ‘at war’ with those who were at war with his religion (but it’s still workplace violence dontcha know)… Article HERE.
And in another social engineering for the military, congress is now weighing in and now they want Atheist Chaplains! Article HERE! YGTBSM!!!
Oh yeah, and the last one… BO and his minions saying the scandals are ‘Phony’… I’m sorry but phony scandals don’t involve people coming home in BODY BAGS! Ask Brian Terry’s family, or the families of Ambassador Stevens, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods whether THEY think it’s phony… The IRS, Weenie waver, the mayor of San Diego, holding the senate hostage to get a bunch of hard left appointees confirmed… But those aren’t real, they are just things we ‘dreamed’ up??? If you ever wondered what the left’s utopia would be, these are examples!!! IF the conservatives had done any of this, O.M.G. you’d NEVER hear the end of it, it would be 24/7 on every channel, and the Weenie waver would be up on sexual harassment charges instead of continuing to run for Mayor of NYC!!!
Gah… Enough already, driving my BP through the roof…
But I do have a question. Am I really that far off base??? Have I totally lost the concept here???
Apparently he died yesterday surrounded by family in Shalimar, FL. Col. Day was a leader in the vocal minority who was constantly lobbying Congress and others to improve treatment for the Veterans.
Retired Col. George “Bud” Day, a Medal of Honor recipient who spent 5.5 years as a POW in Vietnam and was Arizona Sen. John McCain’s cellmate, has died at the age of 88, his widow said Sunday.
Day, one of the nation’s most highly decorated servicemen since Gen. Douglas MacArthur and later a tireless advocate for veterans’ rights, died Saturday surrounded by family at his home in Shalimar, after a long illness, Doris Day said.
“He would have died in my arms if I could have picked him up,” she said.
Day received the Medal of Honor for escaping his captors for 10 days after the aircraft he was piloting was shot down over North Vietnam. In all, he earned more than 70 medals during service in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.
He was an enlisted Marine serving in the Pacific during World War II and an Air Force pilot in the Korean and Vietnam wars.
In Vietnam, he was McCain’s cellmate at one camp known as the Plantation and later in the infamous Hanoi Hilton, where he was often the highest-ranking captive. During his imprisonment, the once-muscular, 5-foot-9 Day was hung by his arms for days, tearing them from their sockets. He was freed in 1973 — a skeletal figure of the once dashing fighter pilot. His hands and arms never functioned properly again.
Full article HERE.
He always told it like it was, and fought all the way to SCOTUS for better care for Veterans.
Thank you Colonel for your service both in war and peace, RIP sir and know you will be remembered by all of us you’ve helped…
Thoughts and prayers for his family…